Here’s what’s new at Six Flags, Quassy and Lake Compounce for 2019

A dark, insane spinning thrill ride with Cyborg, bouncing buggies, and chair massages for Mom at Lake Compounce are among the new options at the area’s amusement parks this year.

Let’s take a quick look at what’s both old and new at Six Flags New England, Lake Compounce and Quassy for 2019, and what it will cost you to get in.

Six Flags New England

Cyborg Hyper Drive is a new, high-tech dark ride opening June 1 in the DC Super Hero Adventures area of Six Flags New England in Agawam, Mass.

The indoor fast adventure, with 360 degrees of lifting, tilting, and spinning, is set in S.T.A.R. Labs, which is overtaken by a sentient cybernetic system. Riders get spun around in the crossfire and are caught up in the battle as Cyborg wrestles to regain control of the enormous machine.

Agawam, MA - 5/25/2018 - Harley Quinn Spinsanity, a new ride at Six Flags, seats 40 riders at a time, who reach speeds of 70 miles per hour as they plummet up to fifteen stories Stan Godlewski/Special to the Courant

Agawam, MA - 5/25/2018 - Harley Quinn Spinsanity, a new ride at Six Flags, seats 40 riders at a time, who reach speeds of 70 miles per hour as they plummet up to fifteen stories Stan Godlewski/Special to the Courant (Stan Godlewski/Special to the Courant)

The park is open Friday to Sunday from April 26 to May 19. It is open daily from May 24 (when the water park also opens) through Labor Day, then on weekends only from Sept. 7 to Oct. 27, as well as Columbus Day. The water park closes Sept. 8.

Single-day admission at the park is $71.99, $61.99 children smaller than 54 inches, free for 2 and younger. Discounts available online for both single-day tickets and season passes. sixflags.com/newengland.

The new feature at Quassy Amusement & Waterpark at Lake Quassapaug in Middlebury, which opens for the season April 27 and 28, is gentler than the crazy Hyper Drive at Six Flags. Bouncing Buggies is a rotating, much slower-paced, family-friendly dune buggy ride.

Quassy also is adding a game stand with basketball and ring toss. The new features will be offered alongside traditional favorites such as the Wooden Warrior roller coaster, Paratrooper, The Galleon Pirate Ship pendulum ride, Yo-Yo swings, bumper cars, Free Fall ‘N’ Drop Tower and others.

Courtesy Quassy / Handout

Bouncing Buggies is the newest ride at Quassy Amusement Park, at Lake Quassapaug in Middlebury.

Quassy is open weekends from April 27 to May 19, and the four-day Memorial Day weekend. On April 28, the park will host its annual Easter egg hunt.

It is open daily for the summer from May 31 to Sept. 2, Labor Day, except June 3, when it is closed. It is open weekends from Sept. 7 to Oct. 6. The park generally opens at 11 a.m., except May 31 and June 7 and 14, when it opens at 10 a.m., and midweek days from June 4 to 18, when it is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Splash Away Bay and Quassy Beach will be open from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day, closing daily at 7 p.m.

All-day pass admission is $29.99, $25.99 kids smaller than 45 inches, $25.99 55 and older, $16 after 5 p.m. (The park will offer a $45 carload weekend (up to 10 people per car) on opening weekend and the weekend of May 4 and 5.

A pass to the waterpark only is $22.99. A post season all-day ride pass, starting Sept. 14, with no water park, is $21. An all-day pass on Aug. 26 to 29 and Sept. 7 and 8 is $25.99. Season passes start at $99.99 for an individual; $284.99 for a family of 3. quassy.com.

Lake Compounce

Lake Compounce in Bristol isn’t introducing any new rides this year when it opens for the season on May 4. But the park is inaugurating some new events.

A moms-only Relaxation Station on Mother’s Day weekend, May 11 and 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. will offer chair massages, facials from Massage Envy and sangria samples from Hawk Ridge Winery.

Father’s Day Flop, a belly-flopping competition for dads, will be in Bayou Bay at the wave pool on June 16. After flopping, families can enjoy The Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival, which has been expanded to two days: June 15 and 16.

The third annual Walk for Wishes, benefiting the Make-a-Wish Foundation, will be May 11, with registration starting at 8 a.m. and walking at 9 a.m., before the park is open to the public. Those who raise $250 or more will receive free admission to the park, and those who raise $100 or more will receive a discount on the admission.

Courtesy Lake Compounce / HANDOUT

Lake Compounce will host its sixth annual running of Pink’s Wiener 100, a race of 100 Dachshunds, on May 25.

On May 25, Pink’s Wiener 100, a race of 100 Dachshunds, will be coincide with a hot-dog-eating contest.

Gooey Gourmet Grilled Cheese has been added to the concessions lineup. A new arcade has been installed between Doc Popcorn and Dunkin'.

Guests also can enjoy time-honored favorites such as the roller coasters Phobia Phear, Zoomerang, Wildcat and Boulder Dash, as well as family favorites flying elephants, Ghost Hunt, bumper cars, Drop Zone and Zoomer’s Gas n’ Go.

The park is open May 4 and 5, and then from Thursday to Sunday from May 10 to 26. Crocodile Cove opens for the season on May 25 and closes on Sept. 2. The Park is open daily from May 17 to Aug. 25, except May 28 and June 3 and 4, when it is closed. It is open weekends from Labor Day weekend to Sept. 15.

The park generally opens at 11 a.m., except for several weekdays in May and early June, when it opens at 9 a.m.

Admission at the park is $48.99 $41.99 military, $36.99 juniors, $25.99 seniors. A family four pack is $188. Discounts are available if tickets are bought online in the pre-season. lakecompounce.com.